Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Kevin Gausman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 24	‐
VBR	# 166	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	67	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.05	‐
WHIP	1.25	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	115.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	115	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	117	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	4.59	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	67.3	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	62	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	4.05	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th
	Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed seven runs (four earned) across 5 1/3 innings while taking the loss against the Giants on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman pitched six innings of one-run ball, but took the loss on Tuesday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Kevin Gausman (2026)

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